Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Leatherleaf viburnum · also Leatherleaf arrowwood, Wrinkled viburnum, Wayfaring bush
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This is a vigorous, coarsely textured evergreen shrub that can grow with multiple slender trunks, forming a vase-shaped habit. It features lustrous, deeply veined, dark blue-green leaves and clusters of creamy-white flowers in spring, followed by berries that ripen to glossy black. Attractive to butterflies and birds, it can be deciduous in colder climates.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 200.02%11 yr—
- 170.02%—1.6 in
- 40.00%—2.0 in
- 20.00%—0.8 in
- 10.00%——
- 10.00%——
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 10–20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–15 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.6 in, mean 1.7 in, 90th percentile 2.0 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Changjiang Plain evergreen forests
- Daba Mountains evergreen forests
- Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests
Other Viburnum in the catalogue
19 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
